§ 1.1 Policy Inception

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§ 1.1 Policy Inception

South Carolina courts will look to the policy language to determine the time period during which the policy will afford coverage.¹

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^[1]See, e.g., Giles v. Lanford & Gibson, Inc., 285 S.C. 285, 290, 328 S.E.2d 916, 919 (Ct. App. 1985) (stating that the policy's insuring clause stated that the company was insuring the property involved from the inception date to the expiration date and that the declarations page stated the policy period was from June 16, 1978, to June 16...